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A hard problem with a soft solution: Catfish farm’s production surges after easy fix
(DailyGuardian,February 20, 2021 , on page 6-7)There are not enough catfish in the “Catfish Country” of Zarraga, Iloilo, but recent findings in one farm may just be the catalyst that could catapult the fish into abundance. Zarraga Pantat Fingerlings was one of the many ... -
Haw as Festival: Sharing and Enjoying a Grand Feast in Dumangas
(DailyGuardian,October 25, 2019 , on page 14)Dumangas, Iloilo has one of the largest concentrations of production fishpond areas in the province. Popularly cultured in brackish-water fishponds is bangus/bangrus or milkfish. Dumangas is both a milkfish producing and ... -
Hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings surprised tipsy drinkers
(DailyGuardian,March 1, 2020 , on page 11-12)A group of tipsy drinkers in Brgy. Yapak, Boracay Island were surprised seeing turtle hatchlings crawl up their legs on the night of February 25, 2020, at around 11:00 o’clock in the evening. Boracay Island once again saw ... -
'He vever cried': Father attributes survival to son's courage
(DailyGuardian,August 6, 2019 , on page 1-14)Richie Bustamante lost his consciousness four times as he and 39 fellow passengers spent about an hour adrift in the turbulent Iloilo Strait. But the 34-year-old security guard from Buenavista town in Guimaras Island quickly ... -
Heated tanks lead to productive milkfish spawning in cold months
(DailyGuardian,February 27, 2021 , on page 6)A premier fisheries research center in the country is promoting a simple technology to address the perennial shortage of milkfish fry that continues to hound fish farmers in the Philippines during the colder months of the ... -
Hinoba-an bags P2-M worth of fisheries livelihood projects
(DailyGuardian,September 20, 2019 , on page 10)The municipality of Hinoba-an in Negros Occidental won the top place for the 2018 Malinis at Masaganang Karagatan (MMK) Search for the Most Outstanding Coastal Community in Western Visayas and bagged P2 million worth of ... -
'Idle' P100 million from BFAR released for salt production
(DailyGuardian,September 12, 2022 , on page 7)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has P100 million which could have been used to address the shortage in the supply of salt in the country earlier in the year, Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban ... -
Illegal capiz shells confiscated
(DailyGuardian,August 26, 2019 , on page 3)The 480 sacks of capiz shells or pios confiscated by the City Agriculture’s Office and Roxas City Mayor’s Office at Sitio Kabulakan, Barangay Cogon here were illegally harvested. According to Roxas City Mayor Ronnie Dadivas, ... -
Illegal fishing becoming top maritime security risk
(DailyGuardian,October 21, 2021 , on page 8-10)As much as 25 million tons of fish are believed to be lost globally each year to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity—known as IUU fishing—resulting in the depletion of local fish stocks and major economic ... -
Iloilo City to host int’l workshop on env’t-friendly aquaculture
(DailyGuardian,June 24, 2019 , on page 7-8)To address various environmental and social issues of aquaculture in Southeast Asia, an international workshop on healthy and environment-friendly aquaculture will be conducted on June 25 to 27, 2019 at Richmonde Hotel ... -
Iloilo oil spill can be the 'coronavirus of the sea'
(DailyGuardian,July 7, 2020 , on page 4)While Covid-19 causes respiratory ailments to humans, an oil spill can cause an irreparable damage to marine life. In fact, an oil spill in the ocean can be compared to the coronavirus in the land in terms of the magnitude ... -
Iloilo River is now the anglers' haven
(DailyGuardian,February 13, 2021 , on page 1-11)Fishing buddies Erwin and Gilbert of Arroyo St., City Proper, Iloilo City find angling enjoyable and a good escape from the stresses living in a pandemic. This is why the fish dispersal program of the Iloilo City government ... -
Iloilo teachers join Japan-funded research methodology training
(DailyGuardian,February 15, 2020 , on page 12)To enhance the capacity of high school science teachers in Iloilo, a training on research methodology and technical writing was organized with funding support from the Government of Japan. Twenty-two high school science ... -
Iloilo town farmers get livelihood support under CFOS-IA's 'ABANTE' program
(DailyGuardian,June 18, 2022 , on page 6-10)Another farmer from one of the upland barangays in San Joaquin, a coastal town in southern Iloilo, was happy to be the latest recipient of fingerlings from the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean ... -
Iloilo, Jalaur Rivers among top plastic-emitting in the world - study
(DailyGuardian,June 11, 2021 , on page 1-11)More than a quarter of rivers worldwide responsible for 80% of ocean plastic pollution are found in the Philippines, with Pasig River and 18 other Philippine rivers (including two in Iloilo City and province) among the top ... -
The importance of aquaculture
(DailyGuardian,May 29, 2019 , on page 7-8)As an archipelago, the Philippines is considered to have one of the highest per capita fish consumption in the world. Fish has always been an integral part of the traditional diet for Filipinos, as cited in a study by Dr. ... -
In the face of international lockdowns, we need our domestic fisheries more than ever before
(DailyGuardian,June 1, 2020 , on page 8-10)Our fisheries play a vital role to the physical and economic health of our country. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources reported that for the year 2018, the sector contributed P214.869 billion to the economy and ... -
Inside the quarantine facility for shrimp with a PCR testing lab to keep out viruses
(DailyGuardian,July 25, 2020 , on page 6-7)Long before COVID-19 imposed mandatory quarantine and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing on travellers, a small building in a seaside town has been serving to regularly quarantine and test ... -
Int'l fishing tourney highlights Antique's rich biodiversity
(DailyGuardian,March 3, 2020 , on page 11-13)The province of Antique gets to showcase its rich marine biodiversity when it hosts the 1st International Sports Fishing Tournament in May. “Sports fishing is another tourism product that we are promoting. When they go ... -
Intensify efforts to curb illegal fishing'
(DailyGuardian,June 3, 2023 , on page 3-10)Various fisheries’ groups here urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the Provincial Government, and coastal Local Government Units (LGUs) to intensify efforts against illegal fishing. In a joint press ...